2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Per year If paid In advance 1 ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate of •Be dol.ar per square forune insertion and fifty •eots per square for each subsequent insertion. Rates by ihe year, or for six or three months, mre low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legal and Official Advertising per square, three times or iess, *2: each subsequent liber ie n 10 cents per square. Local notices lu cents per line for one inser #eriion: 6 cents per line for each subsequent consecutive Insertion. Obituary notices over five lines. 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar naees and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, five lines or less. *5 per year; over five lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local inserted for less than 75 cents per iaaue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PRESS is complete *n<3 affords facilities for doing thf* best class of WORK. PARTICULAR ATTIN L ION PAID TO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages arc paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. We we perents—possibly we are par ents —who bring tip children "along the lines of least re 1* roiirr •s ist a n c e," says Kelucntlon.. i» •_ r Dean Ilriggs, of Harvard university, in the Atlantic, ane! we know what the children are. Is it illogical to infer that children taught at -schoe>l '"along' the lines of least resistance" are intellectually spoiled children, flabby of niinel and ■will? For any responsible work we •want men of character —not men who from childhooel up have been personal ly conducted and have had their edu cation warped to the indolence of their minds. It is necessary- to treat people «s individuals; but it does them a world <>{ good sometimes te> treat a great many of them together, and to let them fret used to it as best they may. The first lesson of life, as Lowell reminds •us, is to burn our own smoke; that is. not to inflict on outsiders our personal sorrows and petty morbidness. ne)t to keep thinking of ourselves as "excep tional case s." The sejns of our we althi cst citizens may be educated in either of two ways: They may be sent te> school, eir they may be turned over to governesses and private tutors. Anyone who has observed them in col -1 oo knows hsu\ much better educated those are who have gone to school— how the very wealth which enab.es a parent to treat his son as in all ways exceptional and t<> give him the most costly ami carefully adjusted education •which he can devise, defeats its own cud. A new piece of household furniture is the family weighing-machine. Some are made in the form of graceful chairs, upholstered in blue or white leather to match the bath-room decorations, anel some are artistic studies in walnut and tapestry for the ornamentation of the hallway, the machinery being con cealed as far as possible or made highly ornamental. The reason for the intro duction ejf the machine is Ihe new the ory that it is tiesh that tells whether one is well or ill meire truthfully even than color or appetite or ill feelings. Mothers are instructed to put their children on the scales every morning, keep a close record e)f the fluctuations, anei once in three weeks turn t he tables of weights over to the family doctor, who will draw inferences therefrom. A bread factory being erected in Mil waukee is to have some novel, but very desirable sanitary features. All the ingredients are te> be tested in a labora tory before being used. The bakers will work in full view e>f the public, at long tables stationed in front of wide plate-glass windows. Each man will be required to wear a special suit of clothes provided by the management, and to take at le-a-st one bath a day in the bathroom that i-s connected with the lockers on tbe upper floor. More over, lie may not smoke, chew or.drink, and be a worker in the bread factory. The plaint that t urns out millions of postal cards every month for I nele Sain is Locuted in a little West Virginia mountain town, high up in the Ap palachian range, not far from ihe bor der line of Maryland. The town is Piedmont, Mineral county, ami the busy factory is at work six days in the week. Here the cardboard is made from the fresh, sweet spruce trees; here it is cut into the requisite sizes, and here the card*; are printed, packed and shipped. On the brow of a lofty peak of the- Sierra Nevada mountains is a signal station in which, day after day. a woman sits with field-glass in hand. She is watching for fires that might break out in the snovvsheds that skirt the railroad through the rocky wilds. By day Airs. I'aul 11.-icke is on guard, and at night her husband watches. Should a small flame pass unnoticed for an hour the whole chain of sheds might b- consumed and the tracks en dangered. The novel question whether counsel, in an argument tei the .jury, has a right to shed tears, has bei n decided'by the supreme court of Tennessee in the case of Ferguson vs. Moon, the court holding that if the' tears are available it is not only proper but the duty of counsel to shed them on the appropriate occasion. The weeping was elone in a breach of promise case by the counsel for the DEPEW IN CHICAGO. New York Senator Stirs Thousands for McKinley. CrgPt Lojnlly t» HrpnliHrnn I'rlnrl plr* nntl I'rrdtctv Continued l'r«*|icrlt> Tliruutcti Vic tory of tlie Party. Seasoning cold facts and figures with witticism, giving flavor to logic joke or story and applying to argj nient the fire of patriotic zeal, Sena tor Chauncey M. Depew, of New York, stood on Monday night. October 8, be fore a crowd of 20,000 Chicago people, telling of the blessings that have re sulted from republican rule and ap pealing for the reelection of President McKinley. The great meeting was held under the auspices of the Mar quette club, of which organization Mr. Depew was the guest while in the city. In the course of his speech Senator Depew said: "The terror of Imperialism is a ghest. I mean American imperialism. It has been tried for a hundred years. It was practiced by Washington; it was tested upon an enormous scale by Jefferson; it was j>ut In operation by Monroe, Jackson, Polk and I'ierce. All gave it their sanction; all of them, to the great glory and power of our country, pursued the same path of imper ialism which is now being trod by Presi dent McKinley. American militarism, which Mr. Bryan so much fears and from which he prophesies such dreadful results, was also tried by Jefferson in Louisiana, by Jackson in Florida, by every administra tion in newly acquired territories from time to time, with no other results than their pacification, the restoration of peace, the opening of courts and the protection of life, liberty and property for the citizen. "Mr. Bryan does not deny the wonderful prosperity of our country and of our peo ple; he does not promise any better returns to the farmer or the manufacturer or the merchant; does not promise any greater employmen or higher wages to tie labor er; he docs not promise the exploitation of new enterprises and the conditions which make money active and capital tseful by new additions to the productive power of the country and therefore a large employ ment and a greater distribution of money. Ilryan I'romiaea No Improvement. "The country is to be no better than it Is to-day was yesterday by his election even upov his own showing, upon his own proph ecy and upon his own promise. His posi tion. measured by plain standards of busi ness, is simply this: 'The country is drunk with prosperity; it is an inebriation which Is unhealthy and can .ot last; if you elec\ me X will check the pace, curtail this un healthy expansion; my methods and my remedies will arrest the disease and eradi cate it before it has destroyed the body politic.' In other words, through the pro cesses of a milder catastrophe, he will pre vent the greater one which he thinks other wise inevitable. He is the veritable succes sor of the doctor in the well-known and venerable story, who threw his patient into tits because he was death on lits. "But, dear Dr. Bryan, except a 11 tie sur face irritation here and there from too good living, there is nothing the matter with the American patient. He is in magnificent health, his vitality was never so vigorous, his brain never so active, his purposes m ver so clear and his future never so prom ising before. It will be many years before he leaves the healthy diet upon which he is now feeding for your patent medicine*. Meets Trust I«wue. "The only party which has ever attempt ed to meet the trust issue is the republican party. It enacted the Sherman anti-trust law, which is the only effective law upon the books upon that subject. It passed the constitutional amendment in the last house of representatives, with every democratic vote save seven against it.l look in vain through the speeches of Mr. Bryan or any of the democratic orators for a definition of a trust, or how to control it. "Outside of the agriculture, eight-tenths of the business of the country is transacted In the corporate form. The reason is that In the tremendous competition of our times great capital is required successfully to conduct large enterprises. This capital has to be the result of contributions of the many. Some gentlemen spoke to nr> the other day who were interested in a project for the construction of « plant for the man ufacture of structural iron. They informed me that no plant now can compete with the American, English. German, French or Belgian manufacturers with a capital of less than $5,000,000. Invention and discov ery, the utilization of steam and electricity have enormously increased production, and have correspondingly increased the num ber employed, but they have compelled the adoption of the most expensive machinery. I was told of one great mill where the in vention of new and more productive ma chinery compelled the destroying in a single year of machinery which was com paratively new, and which cost $1,000,000. Any legislation or action preventing the operation of these plants would throw eight-tenths of the skilled labor out oft m ployment, and produce the most disastrous ol panics. Cunitent of Governed. "The consent of the governed is a ques tion more acute in the 11 states which are sure for Bryan, because the people of these old commonwealths are governed without their consent, than it is in our new terri tories. North Carolina would be for Mc- Kinley by a large majority if its people were permitted to vote. Even Louisiana •would be fighting ground if the polls were free. The canvass In those states is al ready made. Their electoral votes are se cured. The elections will be perfunctoiv because it is a count by partisan inspectors and not the voice of the people. ""These constitutional amendments, un l*u»trou» to lluKlue««. In a formal interview on Wednes day October 10, Former President Benjamin Harrison gave his reasons for favoring the reelection of Presi dent McKinley. He explained also why he woulu make no speeches dur ing the campaign and recited the fact which had been misconstrued into an appearance of mild hostility on his part toward the present administra j tion. Regarding the main issue, the I success of the republican party this | fall, he spoke to the point as follows: Policy Vindicated. "The economic policies of the republican party have been vindicated by the remark able and general prosperity that has de veloped during Mr. McKinley's administra tion—succeeding a period of great depres sion. A change of administration this fall would certainly renew conditions from which we have so luippily escaped. The full dinner bucket is not a sordid emblem. I it has a spiritual significance for the spir itually minded. It means more comfort for the wife and family, more schooling and less work for the children and a margin of saving for sickness and old age." "Is it true, general, that you have con | sented to make some speeches in this cam paign?" "No; that statement has not been au thorized by me," was his answer. "I hava said to everyone who has spoken or writ ten to me; on the subject that I could nut do any more campaign work. I began lo make republican speeches the year I be gan to vote, and have kad a laborious, if unimportant part in every campaign, state and national since, until IS9S. In IM)6 I sub | mitted myself to very hard usage, and then | made up my mind, and so said to my | friends, that I would do no more cam | paigning. Following this conclusion, 1 de clined lo take a speaking part in the cam paign of IWB. My retirement dates from that year, not from this. Few men have made more speeches for their party than ; 1 have, and no ex-president, I am sure, has made more. Since I left Washington my retirement from all participation in ■ party management has been complete. All j that I have left to others, and I think they have very generally and kindly accepted my sense of the proprieties of the case—at i least between campaigns. In a word, I | have vacated the choir loft and taken a seat in the pews—with a deep sense of gratitude I to my forbearing fellow countrymen." "Hut, general, it is said that you are not altogether in accord with your party?" \ lew* on Piirtu HI can Hill. "Well, I have Heard that my silence vas Imputed by some to that cause. Now '.he only public utterance I have made in crit icism of the policies of the party was con tained in the interview, consisting of one rather short sentence, that I gave to the newspapers while the Porto Rico bill was pending. It was, In substance, that I re garded the bill as a grave departure from right principles. I still think so. Ido not believe that the legislative power of con gress in the territories Is absolute—and I do believe that the revenue clause relating to fiuties and imports, applies to Porto Rico. These views I know are not held by many able lawyers. It is a legal question—one that the political departments of the gov ernment cannot fully adjudge. The final and controlling word upon this question is with the supreme court of the United States. Cases involving the question are, I understand, pending, and a decision, in which we all must acquiesce, cannot be much deferred. 1 think, therefore, that voters ought to vote with a view to the right decision of those questions that are directly and finally In the control of the president and congress. Opposition to Ilrynn. "The general reasons I gave in my Car negie hail speech in 1S!)6 why Mr. Bryan should not be elected still hold good with me. His election would, 1 think, throw governmental and business affairs into con fusion. We should not aid the election of a president who would, admittedly, if Ut could, destroy the gold standard and other things that we value even more upon tfs deceptive suggestion that he has licen bound, and that the republican party will, l after defeat, still have strength enough to save the temple. It will be much better fnot to allow the man with destructive ten dencies so much as to lean against its pil lars. "Perhaps it will save you much troublu if 1 give you, and underwrite as of thi«i date, this extract from my Carnegie hall j speech: 'When we have a president who believes that it Is nei'Jier his right nor his t duty to see that the mail trains are not obstructed, and that interstate commerce has its free way, irrespective of state lines, and courts that fear to use their ancient and familiar writs to restrain and punish lawbreakers, free trade and free silver will be appropriate accompaniments of such an administration, and cannot add ap preciably to the national distress or the national dishonor.' tcyMore and more Brvanism appeals to be the paramount issue, not the Philippines. People appear to be will ing to trust that we shaa be able to manage the l'l»'!ippine business in some way that will not bring in ruin ous conditions at home, but they are less confident that P.ryanism can b« so controlled, with Bryan himself in the saddle. The fear of personal lose or hardship is the consideration that presses most forciWSy and constantly on the minds of the voters who are to decide the election. —liostuu Herald. FOUR REBELLIONS. Tfcey ere Now Existent in South ern China. Eirb Our A lino to Overth rmv llir HrlKiiitti; Dymmty UiianiHht ■>l FIL with Stubborn ICcklkl unce In .Tlamhurlu. '.ondon, Oct. 15. —The Shanghai cor respondent <.f the Morning Post, wir inr Saturday, describes four distinct agitations —in Kwiiiig Tung, Kwang Si Sze Chuan and the Vang-Tse re gi>n—all of which nie anti-dynastic roher than anti-foreign. "If Sun Yat S»n is successful in the south," says th* correspondent, "and his rebellion spends over the Vang-Tse region, he wli probably be aided by Prince Tuan aid the Mohammedan leaders in tha nothucst." I'hc Chinese imperial troops, nc ctrding to a dispatch from lion? lvng. have recaptured Wei thou, 011 Est river, where Sun Yat Sen, the reornier, had raised his flag, and li:ve scattered the rebels. Shanghai, Oct. 15. — From Canton it isreported that, the Kwang Si rebels hive defeated the imperial troops on tie borders of Kwang Tung. London, Oct. 16. —Dr. Morrison, in th - Times this morning, describes the occupation of l'ckin and the demon st"J»tion in the Forbidden City. In eainection with the latter incident hi emphasizes the self-denial of (Jen. Clart'ee. " The American troops fought tleir way, driving 1 the Chinese in fnnt of them, to the gateway. There wis then no agreement to hold Chaf fp* back. He might have pressed on, tfken the palace and hoisted the stars aul stripes. It would have been a the prize, and the temptation must li ve been great." St. Petersburg, Oct. IK.—Reports to tie war ofhee of tin- occupation of Mukden, Manchuria, show that the llissia 11s met with strong opposition ai Sehaeho, where the Chinese, with .'i( battalions, 20 field guns, Krupps aid Maxims, occupied tiie railway enbankmenf and heights. I'll- fignting continued from 9 in tie morning until 4 in the afternoon. Tie Chinese cavalry enveloped the Uissian right flank and endeavored tc take it in the rear. They were repulsed, but returned repeatedly to tie attack. Finally alter artillery pjeparations. the whole Russian eol -111111 was tin >,vn against llic ( him se, wro by evening wire in full retreat. Tiis result was only reached when (■••n. Fleischer's colunin. which had b«en resling from tl'.c fatigue of a loig march, was called into 'iction. \'<\t day the Chinese made a less si lbborn stand 111 a strong position or the mountain chain in front of Li.lo Jan. The position was captured at noon, but the Russians were tin aiil< to pursue the Chinese, owing to extreme ial iguo and the dillieult na ture of the country. The lliissians in t lie course, of.he two days' operations lost 50 killed and wounded. They captured several guns. Hong Kong, Oct. IS.—Advices from Canton say it is reported there that Sun Yat Sun. the reformer, captured llui Chow last Monday. The Canton ese assert that, if ilni Chow, which resisted the insurgenls in the Tai- Ping rebellion, falls thus, the rebels will be able to take Canton within a week. Admiral 110. with the hulk of his forces, left Sam Chun yesterday in pursuit of the rebels, leaving 250 troops to protect Sam Chun ami send ing'2oo to garrison the mandarin sta tion at Nao Tan. l'ckin. via Shanghai, Oct. IS.— Prince thing' and Li Hung Cluing have addressed a yiint meeting of the for eign envoys, fixing Saturday next for the t>rst meeting to discuss the con ditions of peace. Berlin. Oct. is.—A letter lias been received from two dermal! merchants, liei ren Hielleld and hlcmann, who left Tien Tsin August 12 and reached l'ckin simultaneously with the relief column. Tiny claim to have found proof that liaron Von Ketteler, tiie murdered German minister, went to the tsung li yamen at the expresses desire of the whole diplomatic corps, alter having been slrongly assured that there was no danger. I'liey say that his whole conduct before and on the day of the murder was devoid of provocation. St. Petersburg. Oct. li).—The war office has published further official advices regarding the r.dvnnee to Mukden. These show that the Rus sians left earn]) at Liao .lan Septem ber :«». The Chinese retired before them in disorder, plundering and burning the villages as they travers ed them. The main body of the Chi nese retired in 1 lie direction of Muk den. although large numbers moved eastward and westward. At .lan Tai Gen. Siibsvileh, one of die Russian commanders, learned that the Chinese authorities had de serted Mukden and that their tMght had been followed by that of the Chinese troops after pillaging the town, lie immediately sent a flying column under Col. ArtamonolT, which, after slight resistance, occupied Muk den on October 2. The Chinese had fired Ihe mines and destroyed the city gates. The Russians found all the buildings be longing to Kuropeatis and native eon verts burning. The imperial palac lad been looted and then partially burned. Three Killed at a t ro««lng. Xcw Castle. l'a„ Oct. 15. —Oscar Kos pi, one of the victims ot' the accident which happened at ilie Pittsburg A Lake Erie railroad crossing near Car boti. this county, Saturday night, re turned to consciousness yesterday The dead are .lolin Korbie, a prosper ous farmer; Kllen •Corbie, daughter aged I<> years, and Annie Korbie daughter, aged 7 years. Kospi h.'U several ribs and his ' heck bone brok en and is bruised all over the body lie will live. Kospi claims that tin party did not see the train or he.t: the whistle. Mike Found II Bad Walking. In the eo»»cse of the terrible march of the Irish fusileers from Dundee to Ladysmith the men were much fatigued owing to the rough journey. One man in particular stumbled along as if walking in his sleep. An officer passed. "Sir," said Michael, "what country is this we're marching over?" "The Natal tableland, my man,"was the re ply. "Bedad, sir," said Michael, "I think the table's turned upside down and we're walking over the legs of it."—London Tit- Bits. Roes Coffee Ajjree With Vou I If not, drink Grain-O —made from pure grains. A lady writes: "The first time 1 made Grain-O I did not like it, but after us inp it one week nothing would induce me to go back to coffee." It nourishes and feeds the system. Children can drink it freely with great benefit. It is the strengthening sub stance of pure grains. Get a package to-day from your grocer, follow directions in mak ing. and you will have a delicious and healthful table beverage for old and young. 15c and 25c. Not Pleualnir. Sandy Pikesi—Did de funny old chap in de wayside cottage tell yer a side-splittin' story. Billy? Billy Coalgate—Naw! He told me a wood splittin' story, an' I moved on. —Chicago Daily News. Business Opportunities on the line of the Chicago Great Western Ry in Illinois. lowa. Minnesota and Missouri. First class open ings in growing towns for ali kinds of busi ness and for manufacturing. Our list in cludes locations for Blacksmiths, Doctors, Dressmakers, Furniture, Grain and Live Stock Buver&, General Merchandise, Hard ware, Harness, Tailors, Cold Storage, Creameries and Canning Factories. Write fully in regard to your requirements so that we may advise you intelligently. Address W. T. Reed, Industrial Agent. C. G. \V. Ky., 601 Endicott Big., St. Paul, Minn. According to the women, it costs as much to get a girl up to look like a simple, wild field flower as- to dress her gorgeously.— Atchison Globe. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if itf ails tocure. 'Sc. After a woman finally decides where to place her bureau she begins to long for next house cleaning time, when sihe can change it.—Atchison Globe. Drugs have their uses, but don't 6tore them in your stomach. Beeman's Pepsin Gum aids the natural forces to perform their functions. The girl who turns up her nose at sight of a broom is always glad enough to sweep down the aisle when she's married. —Phila- delphia Kecord. Carter's Ink has the endorsement of the United States government and of all the leading railroads. Want any more evidence? When patronizing a Boston hotel don't forget that "culinary symposium" on the bill of fare means hash.—-Chicago Daily News. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli ble medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Minnie —"Carrie says that Fred thinks the world of her. He actually loves her faults, she says." Hattie —"And she has sm many of them! What a wealth of love he must bestow upon her."—Boston Transcript. We refund 10c for every package of Pitnam Fauki.kss Dyes that fails to give satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville, Mo. Sold by all druggists. A boarding house keeper who buys the best butter never gets credit for anything but butterine. —Atchison Globe. How My Throat Hurts!—-Why don't you tisc Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar? Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. A suitable dower for a widow is a wi dower.—Chicago Daily News. The self-made man generally shows wretched taste in his selection of pattern.— Town Topics. When a rich man suddenly becomes poor, or a poor man suddenly becomes rich, lii.» true character crops out. —Chicago Daily News. Occasionally, when a girl has rigged her self up to lonk like a picture, she accom plishes the desired effect, for she looks iike a poster. —Atchison Globe. If we could keep ourselves from feejing flattered when people ask our advice, we probably shouldn't feel offended when they didn't take it.—Puck. "What are you buying all those traps for?" "Doctor's orders. He tells me I need a little recreation and insists that 1 should go duck hunting with him." "Huh! Seems to me that's a sort of quack remedy."— Philadelphia Press. The great moral force is nature itself. Violate one of its rules, and see how you are whipped. If you persist in breaking the law, you are finally condemned to death and no petitions will save you.—Atchison Globe. McJigger—"lt should be cool enough on top of some of these big office buildings." Thingumbob—"Fact. Take the Tintopper, for instance. Now, in one of its elevators there's a thermometer, and —" McJigger— "Really shows the difference between the upper and lower temperatures, eh?" Thing umbob—"Weil, you'd be surprised the way that tiling goes up and down." —Philadel- phia Press. Edith—"Did you ever hear of such r thing?" Bertha —"Such a thing as what?" Edith—"As Mame Tatting and Mr. Stroll ers courtship. They met at the shore, you know, and he was awfully attractive to her —or, 'rather, she was awfully attentive to him—and the upshot was he proposed and was accepted. He supposed she was an heiress, don't you know, and she thought he was a professor of something or other in one of the colleges. It turned out that he was floor walker in the same store where Mame is saleslady." Bertha —"llow ro man tic!" —Boston Transcript. p There is no end of 9 SOld Virginia Cheroots 5 ■ to waste, as there is no finished end to ■ m cut off and throw away. When you m ® buy three Old Virginia Cheroots for £ J five cents, you have more to smoke, 2 • and of better quality, than you have • <9 when you pay fifteen cents for three • # Five Cent cigars. @ M ..... ggi A Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this g year. Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. 4 • • • • : Sudden and Severe : • • attack! it * • • j Neuralgia ! • \!//SS come to • J many °* us * * • but however J • i bad the case • ! M§ st. | : L\ 'S Jacobs • :«H oil j • vMt penetrates * • wjj I promptly J • \V. 1 I and deeply, % • fl\ P / A soothes and • • /'WW strengthens J • rIW J I the nerves % • 4 brings * • a sure cure. * • • • • CONNOISSEUR IN SEEDS. He Planted Some Bulbs That Tarnt Oat to He Bearing Balls for a Bicycle. "I have a good joke on myself," said the business man whose hobby is agriculture, says the Detroit Free Press. "My mind has always had a particular preference for seeds and roots, and I never miss an opportunity to indulge this fancy. Some time ago, in, looking through an old tool box, I came across several peculiar looking seeds that at once aroused my interest. They were a lit tle different from anything that I had dis covered during my floricultural and agricul J tural experience, and I decided to plant them and s>ee wnat the product would be.. Well, I did so, and for weeks I waited U» see the strange fruit, flower or vegetable plant make an appearance, carefully nur turing the soil> and giving my pet bulbs the closest attention. "Discouraged at length at their failure to part the soil and spring into life, I dug them, up, and what do you suppose was the dis covery that I made? Why, that my inter esting and peculiar bulbs were nothing more nor less than those Jittle bicycle balls that are an important part of the steel steed's mechanism. They had been laid away in the toolbox, and their size and rusted appearance' made them resemble seeds. My wife and some of my intimate friends seem to think there is no excuse for such a ludicrous thing; to happen to a man that has made a study of plants and bulbs, and they are never done chaffing me and asking me when I expect to gather my crop of bicycles." FISHED FOR A COMPLIMENT. And the Pretty Young Girl Caught Something Tlint Gave Her a I'll ill. I overheard a bit of conversation on a. Chevy Chase car the other evening that put me in a good humor for all the rest of the week, says a writer in the Washington Poist. .She was a pretty girl and she belonged to the number of those pretty girls who are forever longing to be told of their beauty. She was with a blue-eyed young man who looked as if he had seen 25 summers and a great many other things more educational. She was talking of a girl called Maud. "Don't you think Maud is awfully pret ty?" she asked. "She's a peach," answered the young man. The girl dangled a bait more obvious. "I'd be perfectly happy," she said, "if I were as pretty as she is.' Bad fishing weather. The young man merely settled his tie a trifle. "Oil, well," he remarked, "there's no use being unhappy about things that can't be helped." Prince Tuan'* Canaries. Prince Tnan's opposition to Euro pean ideas is of the bitterest, charac ter, and his only trace of western civ ilization consists of a few dozen canaries which he has imported and placed in liis well-kept gardens. ll.j is a diplomat of the first rank, and it was through his intriguing that, in the war with the the Chi nese fleet was brought so late into action, resulting in its total defeat, and thus confirming Tuan's asser tions to the e'mpress dowager that European inventions were worthless.—Stockholm Dagblad. The Baby Was Healthy. Two Irishmen who had not seen each oth er for a long time met at a fair. They had a lot of things to tell each other. ure, it's married I am," said O Brien. "iou. don't tell me so!" said Blake. "Fait yes," said O'Brien, "an' I've got a fine, healthy bhoy which the neighbors say is the very picter of me." Blake looked for a moment at O'Brien, who was not. to say the least, remarkable for his good looks, and then said: "Och, well, what's the harrum so. long as the child's healthy?" Chicago. Chronicle. He Had a Check. Mamma—May. your father doesn't ap prove of Mr. Kraft's attentions to you. lie considers him what he calls "a very smooth fellow." Mary—So he is, generally, but once or twice when he called he hadn't time to get shaved.—Philadelphia Press.